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Columns and Enneagram Spokes

The EnneagramThe Nine Elements

The Columns of the Integral Magic worldview are basically another way of looking at the spokes of the Enneagram, with a few differences. I am speaking here of the Enneagram in the abstract as a multivalent symbolic model of consciousness, not any particular teaching of the Enneagram which relates it to exoteric (personality) or esoteric (spiritual) dimensions of life.

The spokes connecting Enneagram stations 1 to 7 and 1 to 4 draw the First Column, though the Enneagram is missing the pathway from 4 to 7 (connecting the Element of Air to the Element of Galaxy). These stations have Yang at the second mark of subtle energy, indicating that a new Tier of consciousness is beginning.

The spokes connecting Enneagram stations 8 to 2 and 8 to 5 draw the Second Column; however, the Enneagram is missing the pathway from 2 to 5 (i.e., the link between the Elements of Wind and Fire to the Element of Earth). These stations have Yin at the second mark of subtle energy, indicating that a Tier of consciousness is maturing.

The triangle connecting Enneagram stations 3, 6, and 9 draw the Third Column. Here, the Enneagram is missing nothing. These stations have Yung at the third mark of subtle energy, indicating that a Tier of consciousness is coming to a conclusion.

The Enneagram also draws two short pathways that aren’t in the Three Columns: first, the path from 2 to 4, connecting the Elements of Wind and Fire to the Element of Air; second, the path from 5 to 7, connecting the Element of Earth to the Element of Galaxy.